Churn



(No Model.)

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No. 584,134. Patented June 8,1897.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

lVILLIAM A. PEAK, OF EXETER, ILLINOIS.

CHURN.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 584,134, dated June 8,1897.

Application filed March 12, 189 7. Serial No. 627,083. (No model.)

To all 1111710111, in may! concern:

Be it known that I, TILLIAM A. PEAK, a citizen of the United States,residing at EX- eter, in the county of Scott and State of Illinois, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Chorus, of which thefollowing is a specification, reference being had therein to theaccompanying drawings.

My invention relates to improvements in churns; and the objects are toprovide a churn which will permit ready access to all of its parts forpurpose of cleaning and removal of the butter, which will be of simple,durable, and inexpensive construction, and which will be thoroughlyefficient and practical.

To attain the desired objects, the invention consists of a churnembodying novel features of construction and combination of parts,substantially as disclosed herein.

Figure 1 represents a perspective view of my improved churn with theparts in position for operation. Fig. 2 represents a similar View withthe mechanism exposed or the churn opened, and Fig. 3 represents adetail view.

In thedrawings, the numeral 1 designates the casing in which is arrangedthe butter receptacles or vessels 2, and in the bottom of the casing arethe discharge-channels 3 for draining off the buttermilk. The vesselsfit tightly upon the bottom of the casing over the discharge-channels 3and are plugged or closed. \Vhen desired to drain oft the buttermilk,the plugs are removed and the buttermilk passes off, as is evident. Thecasing is provided with the sectional lid, which consists of the twohinged end sections i and the central hinged section 5, adapted to beretained in closed position by the hook-andcatch fastening 6, and whichis further provided with the pivoted catches 7 for retaining the endsections down when the churn is in use. Upon the central hinged sectionis mounted the framework 8, in which is journaled the shaft 9, providedwith the crank 10 and carrying the gear-wheel 11, which meshes with thepinion 12 on the counter-shaft 13. The counter-shaft 13 carries thedisks 14, with which are eccentrically connected the pitmen or links 15,which have their other ends connected to the vertically arrangeddashershafts 16, which carry the dashers 17 at their lower ends and havetheir upper ends guided by the guide-frame or cross-piece 18.

From this construction it is evident that when motion is transmitted tothe drivingshaft the dashers are moved vertically with great rapidity,and the churning of the butter is thereby effected in a rapid andthorough manner. a

The particular feature of advantage about my churn is that it permitsready and easy access to the butter, and the operating mechanism is allcarried by the central hinged section of the cover, the whole structureforming a simple, compact, and thoroughly practical churn.

I claim- A churn consisting of a rectangular casing having thedischarging-channels, the butterreceptacles arranged in the casing, thehinged end and central sections forming the cover, said end sectionsopening laterally and the central section transversely, the pivotedcatches carried by the central section for holding the end sections, theframework carried by the central hinged section and consisting of thestandards having guides, the driving mechanism mounted in the framework,the

eccentrics operated by the driving mechan-

